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Improving Medication Adherence: CD-ROM Webinar on Practical Strategies to Increase Patient Compliance

Posted on: Thursday, 9 October 2008, 03:00 CDT

Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/30d4f6/improving_medicati) has announced the addition of the "Improving Medication Adherence: Practical Strategies to Increase Patient Compliance, a webinar on CD-ROM" report to their offering.

Poor medication adherence has reached crisis proportions, leading to unnecessary disease progression and complications, reduced functioning, a lower quality of life and even death, according to a report by the National Council on Patient Information and Education (NCPIE). The NCPIE report cited that only about 50 percent of Americans typically take their medicines as prescribed. Factors that contribute to medication non-compliance include the cost of prescriptions, the impact of side effects, managing complex medication regimens and forgetfulness.

Poor medication adherence has an impact on both the patient and the healthcare system as a whole - patients who don't take their medications as prescribed are more likely to experience poor health and increased risk for comorbidities, resulting in preventable healthcare resource utilization, including physician office visits, emergency room visits and even hospitalizations.

During Improving Medication Adherence: Practical Strategies to Increase Patient Compliance, a 90-minute webinar on CD-ROM, via On Demand Web access or as a recorded webinar on DVD, you'll hear from two industry experts on ways to increase patient medication compliance.

Connie Commander, immediate past president of the Case Management Society of America and president, Commander's Premier Consulting Corporation, and Thom Stambaugh, chief pharmacy officer and vice president of clinical programs and specialty pharmacy, CIGNA Pharmacy Management, described programs and initiatives that have increased patient compliance with medication regimes. You'll also learn the impact that compliance has had on healthcare utilization and patient satisfaction. You'll get details on:

-- Monitoring patient compliance with prescriptions;

-- Identifying the types of patients likely to be non-compliant and creating programs to improve compliance impacted by these factors;

-- Creating effective patient education materials and tools to improve compliance;

-- The role of technology in improving medication compliance;

-- Creating a prescription drug benefit design impact that improves medication compliance while controlling costs;

-- Improving patient understanding of medication regimens; and

-- Overcoming health literacy challenges in medication compliance

You can listen to this program right in your office and enjoy significant savings - no travel time or hassle; no hotel expenses. It's so convenient! Invite your staff members to gather around a conference table to listen to the CD, DVD or the On Demand version.

WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS CONFERENCE?

CEOs, medical directors, disease management directors, managers and coordinators, health plan executives, care management nurses, business development and strategic planning directors and physician practice leaders.

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/30d4f6/improving_medicati

Source: Business Wire

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